MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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